Wagner bicentenary

The date of Wagner’s birth bicentenary is not far away – May 22nd 2013. Click here to read Matthew Westwood’s feature in The Australian.

The date of Wagner’s birth bicentenary is not far away – May 22nd 2013. Click here to read Matthew Westwood’s feature in The Australian.
When: February 6 2021 @ 5:00 pm Where: Ashfield, NSW 2131 Join Ensemble Offspring for Avant Gardens, an intimate 4 concert experience featuring unusual line-ups, much loved ‘avant garde’ classics and experimental music never heard before as they head into the backyards and backrooms of their very own musicians to make some noise. Lamorna and…
Available from today, a recording by the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, conducted by Riccardo Chailly on Decca Classics, featuring some of the greatest works in the orchestral repertoire by Richard Strauss, recorded live at the opening concert of the Lucerne Festival, 2017. This collaboration between the LFO and Chailly, follows their world premiere recording of Stravinsky’s…
A sneak peek at the set design for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. This year Opera Australia presents Verdi’s grand masterpiece Aida. Sopranos Latonia Moore and Daria Masiero will share the role of Aida. Directed by Gale Edwards with costume and set design by Mark Thompson, Aida will run from 27 March to 26 April 2015….
Opera Australia announced today that Richard Mills who was to conduct the inaugural Melbourne Ring Cycle at the end of 2013 has withdrawn from the project. Here is the statement in full from Opera Australia: “Opera Australia has today announced that Richard Mills, conductor of the Melbourne Ring Cycle, is withdrawing from the project. Artistic…
Teddy Tahu Rhodes and David Hobson with pianist Sharolyn Kimmorley are in the midst of a national tour presenting a programme of operatic arias and duets and popular songs. They perform in Sydney on Friday November 4th, in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. This is a review of the tour which commenced in…
Wagner-mania continues this month with this feature from Paul Mason in The Guardian.